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wrestlingarsenal · 22 days

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#classic wrestling magazines #harley race #tommy rich #hairpulling in wrestling #knee drop #fat wrestler mancrush #heel with daddy physique #bearded wrestler #wrestleporn #Come and get me

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joearlikelikeswrestling · 1 month

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guyincognitojr · 21 days

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#Harley race

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symbolicdecree · 5 months

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On this edition of Everybody "Loves" Sting:

#sting #steve borden #rick rude #big van vader #harley race #sid vicious #wcw #wwf #tna #wwe #aew #wrestling

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dilf-in-peril · 1 year

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26 year old Tony Schiavone looking like he's 15 going on 16.

#tony schiavone #STARRCADE 1983 #nwa #Ricky Steamboat #Harley Race #Ric Flair #Charlie Brown #that pic of the twink in the suit in the leather gay bar #cw blood

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wrestlingisfake · 7 months

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Saw this on Twitter, from a 1983 issue of Gong magazine. I'm trying to use Google Translate (and a little common sense) to figure out who everybody is.

Hulk Hogan (roller skating in California)

Bruiser Brody (riding the space shuttle, piloted by a gorilla)

Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr. (falling off a horse)

Fritz, Kevin, Kerry, and David Von Erich (standing together in Texas)

Ric Flair (literally jet-flying, wearing the NWA world title)

Harley Race (in Missouri, punching out the Funks' horse)

Ted DiBiase and the Junkyard Dog (dressed like jazz guys, to represent New Orleans and Mid-South)

Verne Gagne (in Minnesota, giving the thumbs up)

Nick Bockwinkel (holding the AWA world title)

Dick the Bruiser (dressed like a Chicago gangster)

Jerry Lawler (dressed like Elvis because he's in Memphis; a curious foreshadowing of his cousin becoming Honky Tonk Man in 1986)

Stan Hansen (wearing a cowboy hat, standing in Georgia)

Ricky Steamboat (in the Carolinas, pointing at Lawler)

Andre the Giant (standing between Canada and New York)

Dusty Rhodes (representing Florida, riding the surfboard)

Bob Backlund (swinging off the Statue of Liberty, wearing the WWF world title)

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coughloop · 8 months

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Terry Funk's single fan

#terry funk #harley race #sorry i needed a gif of this it made me laugh so hard

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84reedsy · 12 days

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Watching Harley Race's Dark Side of the Ring Episode because I'm still not ready for Scott's WWE legends Episode lol

Really regretting the opportunity I had to go to his school back in the day...dang it

I would have loved his brand of crazy

#harley race #wrestling #wcw #wwe #wwf #nwa

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blowflyfag · 1 month

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Wrestler ANNUAL: Winter 1983

A young blond wrestler trotted down the aisle, hurrying from nerves and awkwardness. This was his first pro match and he fumbled keeping the perspiration from dripping into his clear, alert eyes. As he neared the ring, a chant exploded from the crowd. “Tommy, Tommy,” fans shouted. Already, you Rich was a crowd favorite. He beamed and waved to the fans. After the match, Rich patiently signed autographs. Over the months, he always answered his phone, always stood outside the dressing room entrance talking to the fans, no matter the hour or weather. He loved his fans. And his fans loved him.

HIS FANS’ FEAR: SUCCESS WILL SPOIL TOMMY RICH

With each success comes a price. Few greats maintain their sense of perspective and continue to view their accomplishments as simple specks upon the world plane. Big heads and overblown egos are common and somewhat understandable. Has the same happened to Tommy Rich?

PHOTOS BY BILL APTER

AT HEART, TOMMY RICH is kind, decent and relatively unassuming. But success demands a certain price, often reflected in the altering of a personality. Rich isn’t immune to such changes. He has been substantially changed by his success and the adoration. The question becomes has it permanently spoiled him?

“I was outside the arena last Friday night.” recalled Art Detore, of Macon, Georgia. “And I was waitin’ for Tommy to come up, heck, I remember Tommy’s first match ever. I remember how I waited and got his autograph ‘cause I knew it’d be worth a lot someday.

“So there’s a bunch of us waitin’ out there, dunno, maybe 20 or so, somethin’ like that, jus’ hard to tell sometimes. Gettin’ off the subject, huh? So Rich comes out an everyone starts hootin’ and hollerin’ and wavin’ their pencils know, that kinda shy smile he got, and signs a couple and says he’s gotta go. Wasn’t nasty, mind you, not in the least. But he wouldn’t sign autographs. Gotta wonder why.”

[Tommy Rich stomps the head of Harley Race as the NWA champion lay across the ring apron (above lest). Race grabs a handful of Tommy’s hair and slams his head back to the canvas (above right).]

Another fan recollects a similar incident.

“I got Tommy’s pictures all up my room, gosh, my momma wants to tear my rear if I don’t keep some order. Keep a scrapbook, too,” said Tammy Winters, Atlanta. “And I’d do anythin’ for Tommy. Every time I go to the matches, I get his autograph. Must have ‘bout 60 of ‘em.

“But last time, Tommy only signed one or two before leavin’ Made me mighty hurt, you know what I mean? Mighty hurt.”

Actions beyond the squared circle do not fully convey the extent of Rich's change. A new ferocity, perhaps unleashed by the broken leg inflicted by Harley Race, alarms some of Tommy’s friends.

“Tommy’s toughened up a lot since he first broke in,” said a fellow scientific wrestler who requested anonymity. “I don’t say that’s bad. You gotta develop a hide, both in and out, to survive in this sport.

“But I worry Tommy doesn’t know how to check his rage, that it’s gonna ruin his game. You gotta channel your anger and not let it control you. I don’t think Tommy understands that yet. He hates Harley Race so much he can’t handle it. I’ve been watching Rich and he isn’t as solidly in control of his strategies like he once was. In one way, he’s better because he’s more aggressive, but on the other hand, he risks blowing his cool by not harnessing all those hostile and violent emotions.

[Race takes aim and drives his knee into Rich’s chest (above). Race has Rich tied in a small package, but Tommy is able to get part of his foot through the ropes (top right).]

Rich appears both angry and confused by reaction to his recent matches.

“Heck, what do people want from me? I’ve never refused a fan or been nasty. Darn, I owe everything to my fans, everything. They come before anything in my life. I’d never turn my back on my fans. Never.

“But I’ve been so busy lately. My matches take me all over the area and sometimes I have to rush from the arena to catch a plane. It isn’t that I don’t want to sign autographs and talk, it’s just I don’t have time.

‘As for my aggressiveness, heck, I want Race to pay for what he did, and I’m determined to blast his face across the state. I know what I’m doing. I’m able to handle my hate. But Race won’t. He’ll lie in a million little pieces.”

Perhaps Rich doesn’t realize the fundamental changes. Perhaps he can never return to the innocence of a rookie. No one can ask that of him.

#Tommy rich #harley race #wrestling magazine #magazine scan #magazine transcript

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wrestlingarsenal · 7 months

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David (aka Barry) versus Goliath (aka Harley). In this image, the Armbar is presented as the great equalizer that enables a skinny kid to own and punish a big bodied full-grown daddy. Big Harley Race was often used to put over the hot young Up-and-Comers, and he seemed to really enjoy the role.

Image first posted to my Wrestling Arsenal website 20 years ago.

#barry windham #harley race #classic rasslin #armbar #wrestling hold #project 20 #rookie vs veteran in wrestling #suffering male

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joearlikelikeswrestling · 2 months

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